Friday, April 25, 2008

New use for Perfume Bottle

Things like this do happen outside the USA.

Six doctors and several nurses and staff of a government-run hospital in the Philippines are being investigated after they were linked to a YouTube video of a male patient undergoing an operation at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to take out a perfume canister that had been inserted into his rectum by a male sex partner.

I guess it would be taboo or politically incorrect to make a judgment on whether the bottle should have been placed there to begin with.

The video is no longer available on YouTube but reportedly ran for about two and a half minutes. It showed more than 10 people in the operating room as the extracted canned body spray was removed. It showed some of them laughing and cheering when the "baby" was pulled out.

I am a little surprised it took 10 Phillipinos to retrieve the one bottle but maybe they are not as technically advanced as we are here.

The patient plans to file criminal and administrative charges for violation of several provisions of the Patients Bill of Rights against those involved.

The patient reportedly has not left his house much since the incident and is planning on suing the hospital and Medical Director.

A spokesperson said they need to strengthen the hospital policies on the use of mobile phones with or without cameras inside the operating room and other areas of the hospital.

The investigation into the event is ongoing, but it has caused a lot of controversy about how to handle the individuals.

The hospital responses also caused additional outrage. They said they will penalize the doctors and nurses who made the mockery over the sedated patient because of the unprofessional conduct committed. Second, they are asking the help of the NBI to apprehend the student nurse who uploaded the video footage in YouTube and third, they are not going to dismiss the said health practitioners because they lack the needed staff.

I guess this national healthcare may have some benefits.

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